Stories By Jordan M. Smith
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Indie Film News
Exclusive Clip: Opening Minutes to Destin Cretton’s I Am Not A Hipster
January 16, 2013Destin Cretton’s wonderful fictional feature debut, I Am Not A Hipster, just got released across multiple...
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Disc Reviews
I Am Not A Hipster | Blu-ray Review
January 15, 2013Following up his award winning short, Short Term 12, writer/director Destin Daniel Cretton returned to Sundance...
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Disc Reviews
Compliance | DVD Review
January 15, 2013Inciting both outrage from audience members and an outpouring of critical praise at Sundance last year,...
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Disc Reviews
Sokurov: Early Masterworks | Blu-ray/DVD Review
January 8, 2013Raised in a military family and schooled in the ways of movie making under the wing...
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Annual Top Films Lists
Jordan M. Smith’s Top Ten Films of 2012: (Picks 5 to 1) Paul Thomas Anderson’s The Master is #1
December 31, 20125. Jeff, Who Lives At Home Another film that took me a while to see, this...
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Annual Top Films Lists
Jordan M. Smith’s Top Ten Films of 2012: First-timer Helmers Rodney Ascher & Benh Zeitlin Crack Top 10 (Picks 10 to 6)
December 31, 201210. Beasts of the Southern Wild Another film I sorely missed in Park City, but finally...
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Annual Top Films Lists
Jordan M. Smith’s Top Ten Unreleased Films of 2012: Baumbach, Cianfrance & Korine Make for a Great Year Ahead (Picks 5 to 1)
December 31, 20125. Low & Clear The first of two self produced, crowd funded films on this list,...
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Annual Top Films Lists
Jordan M. Smith’s Top Ten Unreleased Films of 2012: Docs Leviathan and The Act Of Killing Among Picks 10 to 6
December 31, 201210. Leviathan Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Verena Paravel’s follow-up to their fascinating depiction of traveling sheep herders...
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Reviews
Gregory Crewdson: Brief Encounters | Review
December 20, 2012Suburban Horror: Shapiro Dissects Crewdson Ben Shapiro’s new documentary on renowned suburban photographer Gregory Crewdson is...
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Disc Reviews
Liberal Arts | Blu-ray Review
December 18, 2012In Josh Radnor’s charming sophomore feature, Liberal Arts, the actor/director/writer recognizes that many adult males in...